Acrobatics at the insect scale: A durable, precise, and agile micro–aerial robot

S Kim, YH Hsiao, Z Ren, J Huang, Y Chen - Science Robotics, 2025 - science.org
Aerial insects are exceptionally agile and precise owing to their small size and fast
neuromotor control. They perform impressive acrobatic maneuvers when evading predators …

Integrating Decision-Making Into Differentiable Optimization Guided Learning for End-to-End Planning of Autonomous Vehicles

W Liu, Y Song, C Meng, Z Huang, H Liu, C Lv… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We address the decision-making capability within an end-to-end planning framework that
focuses on motion prediction, decision-making, and trajectory planning. Specifically, we …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudo-Normalization via Integer Fast Inverse Square Root and Its Application to Fast Computation without Division

T Kusaka, T Tanaka - Electronics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Vector normalization is an important process in several algorithms. It is used in classical
physical calculations, mathematical techniques, and machine learning, which has witnessed …

Toward Near-Globally Optimal Nonlinear Model Predictive Control via Diffusion Models

TY Huang, A Lederer, N Hoischen, J Brüdigam… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Achieving global optimality in nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) is challenging due
to the non-convex nature of the underlying optimization problem. Since commonly employed …

Efficient Imitation Learning for Robust, Adaptive, Vision-based Agile Flight Under Uncertainty

A Tagliabue - 2024 - dspace.mit.edu
Existing robust model predictive control (MPC) and vision-based state estimation algorithms
for agile flight, while achieving impressive performance, still demand significant onboard …

Safe Learning: Reinforcement Learning for Secure Process Control

J Wang - 2024 - diva-portal.org
Reinforcement learning has been widely used in the control community and has achieved
several successful applications. The safety and robustness of control systems are essential …

[PDF][PDF] Actor-Critic Model Predictive Control: Differentiable Optimization meets Reinforcement Learning

A Romero, E Aljalbout, Y Song, D Scaramuzza - researchgate.net
An open research question in robotics is how to combine the benefits of model-free
reinforcement learning (RL)—known for its strong task performance and flexibility in …